Communism

Communism had one of the greatest political impacts than any other political ideas in the 20th century around the world. What is important and interesting about communism is its background, concept, and why many countries apply to this idea. This essay will generally focus on the background, ideology, and why the countries and political parties applied to this idea.

Communism did not exist until the 18th century. The idea of communism originated from the industrial revolution in Great Britain and French Revolution in France. These two revolutions had proven the fact that rich and power could be successfully challenged by the poor the powerless people. During this time Ў§A German philosopher and economist born in 1818, who lived most of his life in England, Karl MarxЎЁ (Communism, pg 7) was very aware of the huge gap between the rich and the poor. The poor were starving while the rich were luxurious and wealthy. Marx wanted to change this, and he wanted to make things right, so the best way to accomplish the goal is through the idea of socialism or communism

Ў§The word communism comes from the French word ЎҐcommunЎ¦ which means ЎҐbelong to all.Ў¦ЎЁ (Communism, pg 6) The idea and concept of communism is very similar to socialism. Ў§Under socialism, there will be shared ownership but people would still be rewarded according to how much work they have done.ЎЁ (Communism, pg 5) In contrast, Ў§under communism, all the means of productions and distributions were publicly owned. There is no private or individual ownership of business or land.ЎЁ (Counterpoints pg 50) Under MarxЎ¦s postulation, when the idea of communism is used, there would be no racial or classical conflicts. Police will not be needed and people can live in harmony. MarxЎ¦s theory won many supports from many countries and political parties throughout the world in the 20th century. They believed that MarxЎ¦s theory MarxЎ¦s idealism of communism will lead to a utopia world, and many believed that communism will eventually replace capitalism. Although the idea of communism was accepted, several years later, people were starting the reject the idea, because there